“In the rear-view mirror”

in Soft Estate: Edward Chell

The Bluecoat, Liverpool

December 6, 2013 – February 23, 2014

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The exhibition Soft Estate featured works by Edward Chell, as well as invited artists including Tim Bowditch, Nick Rochowski, Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau, Day Bowman, Jan Williams, Chris Teasdale (The Caravan Gallery), John Darwell, Laura Oldfield Ford, George Shaw, Robert Soden and Simon Woolham. The exhibition explored the interface between history, ecology, roads and travel. The title of the exhibition refers to the green verges of land which are in the midst of urbanisation. Factors explored throughout the artwork in the show include; edge lands, beauty, pollution, urban habitats, wildlife, wilderness and human agency.